There's little opportunity for you to add any value of your own (whether that's through rehab or other skills you might have).

This will teach you a lot of skills and prepare you for more complex investing in the future

Properties never perform the way you think they will and on the rare occasion you actually profit, it's pure luck, not skill.

Most homeowners don't have the time, money and skills necessary to take on larger projects.

I would also recommend all three of David's BiggerPockets books for agents, Sold, Skill, Scale.

Being an agent will teach you a lot of important skills like sales, negotiating, marketing, and more.

If you still promote them on your platform my opinion is that you need to encourage them to work on their communication skills towards the customer...

We are starting to see more and more demand from corporate entitities at our MTRs whether that be from companies providing for their executives or skilled laborers, or insurance-associated temporary housing. 

Yes, pivot from fixed income to hard assets and to a lesser degree soft assets.

Market rents are $2,750 but let's go soft and say $2,500 just to be all the more conservative.